Ersilia Vaudo, a brilliant graduate in Astrophysics, expanded her academic credentials in 2020 by obtaining an Executive Certificate from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.

For over thirty years, Ersilia has been working at the European Space Agency in Paris, currently holding the position of ESA Chief Diversity Officer and Special Advisor on Strategic Evolution. Her professional journey, developed between Paris and the United States, has been marked by numerous strategic roles. Among her responsibilities, she distinguished herself in formulating the ESA’s first space exploration program and served as the executive secretary of the scientific-technological committee responsible for selecting instruments for the ExoMars mission.